I was working the weekend. I was being nice so the 2 guys with family on the service can get the weekend. This way I can get my 3-4 days New Year's weekend for sure.
I guess I lucked out, since the staff on for the weekend is a quick rounder so it won't be too bad. Also CCF gives us a free meal as well for the holiday. It wasn't so bad. The entire weekend I was done by 1pm so I get the rest of day to myself. It was only 4-5 hrs a day and by the time I was finish, I would still be fairly early in calling home.
I do feel sad, depressive, since I was the only one around for the holiday. Definitely lonely. I do believe it was the first time that I have felt the loneliness to this extent. It made me really miss my family. The very first holiday that I did not go home. BooHoo.
I just spent the weekend with me and myself and my lonely pitiful Christmas tree. I did watch the classic Christmas movies too. My favorite is still the Miracle on 34th St (original and remake).
Monday, December 27, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Weekend with my mistress
My Mistress (Kirstin) has come to visit ... Yippee ... super excited. Haven't seen her since graduation. Would say she's my best friend. She drove in on Thurs night and Fri she's getting pampered while I'm at work.
So after work on Friday, went to meet up with Kirstin and Sarah's place. We just hung out, chatted and playing with Sarah's boys. They are adorable and love to play. I'm excited that Evan remembers who I am.
Then we went to Mad Greek for dinner where I got the GroupOn. They serve both Greek and Indian food. I had gyros and Kirstin had curry. They are both good. Totally worth going. I think I'll use my lunch coupon either with someone or just order take out on a weekend.
Cleveland is not a Friday night going out city, so we stayed in and watch movies and just hang out with the 2 of us. I really miss her. In Kirksville, we would chat nearly everyday and we live so close together. She was the reason that I even looked at Cleveland then she pulled the card which the program she wanted was not taking any. Now we just swapped out cities. Too funny, God, You just love to play with us.
For Sat, we had brunch with Sarah and Scot and then just hang out. It was good times, we had girl talks with Sarah and catched up with Scot as well. Poor dude, he's exhausted. Looking at him, I'm glad that I didn't do medicine. Whew. We also played with their little guys too. Love them. They are so much fun.
Afterwards, we went to Melt. It's basically a grilled cheese restaurant but they have some strangest and weird combination of grilled cheese. But it's actually good. It was featured on Diners, Drive-in and Dives show with Guy Fieri with Lucky Cafe. I've always want to try it but there's always a wait especially for a table. So this was a good opportunity for me to go with Kirstin. I had the Tokyo Tuna melt with fresh tuna and wasabi and Kirstin got the Big Popper (essentially jalepeno popper sandwich). We shared Melt Peirogi. Everything was yummy, delish. They have really good saurkraut too. I think it's got vodka in it, making it taste better than any other ones. Their coleslaw is fresh too, not much of mayo, mostly vinegarrette with lemon juice and whatnot. I think this will become a new place for me to order takeout.
That night, we went to Cadillac Ranch and like we are not leaving cuz it was too cold outside. It was quiet until around 11pm when more people started to arrive. It was fun, we just had drinks and danced the night away. We did attracted a couple of the older guys who were a little creepy than we would like. We ended up trying to run away from them. Yuck! After that we ended dacing with a group of Indians. The guy I was dancing with was cute and the girls with them were giving me the stink eyes. Haha. It was fun. The one Kirstin dance with just 21 so still fairly young but wa just as fun. Overall it was a good fun night.
So for Sunday we went to my church, mostly Chinese and Kirstin was one of the only blonde in the sanctuary. Haha. Afterwards we went Mint Cafe for Thai food. Yummy. This was a good place for my fix of Thai food. Definitely another take-out place for me. Afterwards, we just veg and watched movies. It was a good restful Sunday.
This was a great weekend. Can't wait to see her over New Years in NYC. :)
So after work on Friday, went to meet up with Kirstin and Sarah's place. We just hung out, chatted and playing with Sarah's boys. They are adorable and love to play. I'm excited that Evan remembers who I am.
Then we went to Mad Greek for dinner where I got the GroupOn. They serve both Greek and Indian food. I had gyros and Kirstin had curry. They are both good. Totally worth going. I think I'll use my lunch coupon either with someone or just order take out on a weekend.
Cleveland is not a Friday night going out city, so we stayed in and watch movies and just hang out with the 2 of us. I really miss her. In Kirksville, we would chat nearly everyday and we live so close together. She was the reason that I even looked at Cleveland then she pulled the card which the program she wanted was not taking any. Now we just swapped out cities. Too funny, God, You just love to play with us.
For Sat, we had brunch with Sarah and Scot and then just hang out. It was good times, we had girl talks with Sarah and catched up with Scot as well. Poor dude, he's exhausted. Looking at him, I'm glad that I didn't do medicine. Whew. We also played with their little guys too. Love them. They are so much fun.
Afterwards, we went to Melt. It's basically a grilled cheese restaurant but they have some strangest and weird combination of grilled cheese. But it's actually good. It was featured on Diners, Drive-in and Dives show with Guy Fieri with Lucky Cafe. I've always want to try it but there's always a wait especially for a table. So this was a good opportunity for me to go with Kirstin. I had the Tokyo Tuna melt with fresh tuna and wasabi and Kirstin got the Big Popper (essentially jalepeno popper sandwich). We shared Melt Peirogi. Everything was yummy, delish. They have really good saurkraut too. I think it's got vodka in it, making it taste better than any other ones. Their coleslaw is fresh too, not much of mayo, mostly vinegarrette with lemon juice and whatnot. I think this will become a new place for me to order takeout.
That night, we went to Cadillac Ranch and like we are not leaving cuz it was too cold outside. It was quiet until around 11pm when more people started to arrive. It was fun, we just had drinks and danced the night away. We did attracted a couple of the older guys who were a little creepy than we would like. We ended up trying to run away from them. Yuck! After that we ended dacing with a group of Indians. The guy I was dancing with was cute and the girls with them were giving me the stink eyes. Haha. It was fun. The one Kirstin dance with just 21 so still fairly young but wa just as fun. Overall it was a good fun night.
So for Sunday we went to my church, mostly Chinese and Kirstin was one of the only blonde in the sanctuary. Haha. Afterwards we went Mint Cafe for Thai food. Yummy. This was a good place for my fix of Thai food. Definitely another take-out place for me. Afterwards, we just veg and watched movies. It was a good restful Sunday.
This was a great weekend. Can't wait to see her over New Years in NYC. :)
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Infectious Disease
Finished one of our crazy rotation. ID in any hospital is busy, so being busy at CCF is no surprise at all.
The service is great despite being long days. The staff are really nice and tried to teach as much as they could. Also there's at least one lecture everyday then the residents have their required lectures depending on individual department. Sometimes I felt like I was just running between patients and lectures all day.
Then we have to come in one day during the weekend. Those days are usually lighter depending on the number of consults and the fellow. I have been getting out by 4pm and usually with 3 consults or so. We also had to see our own patients from the week as well.
Everyday, we had to see our old patients from previous day then pick 2-3 new consults. Sometimes we would double our list in one day. When we get too busy or had one too many complicated patients, our staff would help out too. At times I would have to see 6-8 pts before lecture and new consults rolling in around 9am.
There are some interesting patients being that it is the Cleveland Clinic. One that I had was a patient with a mass growing the brain but negative cultures. The biggest question was what is it. That was never answered but the extensive work up needed required thinking and see what the next set of work up would be required. He may one in which we would never know the answers to.
Other than the occasional strange cases, most of the consults were post surgical infection. I have learned much of the antibiotics, what they are, when to use it and how to manage them. Also learned about the prior tests that should be done before consults. I think this is definitely a good intern rotation especially for the IM residents.
Overall, this has been a good rotation. Totally recommending it.
The service is great despite being long days. The staff are really nice and tried to teach as much as they could. Also there's at least one lecture everyday then the residents have their required lectures depending on individual department. Sometimes I felt like I was just running between patients and lectures all day.
Then we have to come in one day during the weekend. Those days are usually lighter depending on the number of consults and the fellow. I have been getting out by 4pm and usually with 3 consults or so. We also had to see our own patients from the week as well.
Everyday, we had to see our old patients from previous day then pick 2-3 new consults. Sometimes we would double our list in one day. When we get too busy or had one too many complicated patients, our staff would help out too. At times I would have to see 6-8 pts before lecture and new consults rolling in around 9am.
There are some interesting patients being that it is the Cleveland Clinic. One that I had was a patient with a mass growing the brain but negative cultures. The biggest question was what is it. That was never answered but the extensive work up needed required thinking and see what the next set of work up would be required. He may one in which we would never know the answers to.
Other than the occasional strange cases, most of the consults were post surgical infection. I have learned much of the antibiotics, what they are, when to use it and how to manage them. Also learned about the prior tests that should be done before consults. I think this is definitely a good intern rotation especially for the IM residents.
Overall, this has been a good rotation. Totally recommending it.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Chronicles of Narnia
The 2nd awesome movie I saw in the span of 2 weeks. It's a good fantasy genre and still Christian base. Totally worth seeing. great for family and adults. A great way to talk about the parallels to Christianity. I felt like a kid again watching the movie, the awe, the amazement of the fantasy.
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